Through coordinating guideline development within WHO and collaborating with other organizations, WHO could capitalise on this experience, improve the quality of its guidelines, and help to ensure that its guidelines are appropriately adapted and result in appropriate actions and health improvements.
Mr. Bodkin acknowledged the importance of having labeling guidelines coordinated with The Times online, but he said the push in the printed paper was too vital to wait for a broader solution.
The Cuban national commission for the development and implementation of dietary guidelines, coordinated by the Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene of Cuba, is responsible for the preparation of FBDGs in the country.
While intervention took place in a military setting, the findings are also relevant to the civilian health system in Zambia, since the two are closely coordinated and share guidelines as well as many training and supervision activities.
GI and ME provided and coordinated training and guideline dissemination; David Gathara (DG) and GI were responsible for data collection.
SN, JW, GI and ME provided and coordinated training and guideline dissemination; PA, NO, CO, SN, JW, GI, DG and ME were responsible for surveys, and data entry.
MM coordinated animal experiments, ethical guidelines.
Data have been collected under supervision of a local programme director in each country, but they have been centrally coordinated using strict methodological guidelines in order to guarantee high quality and highly comparable data.
WHO has ample experience in adapting guidelines but this effort should be coordinated and disseminated among WHO guideline groups.
It is often argued that guidelines coordinate medical practices [ 27- 30], as they guide medical professionals through a sequence of steps in the management of care.
